Within its 11.3 square miles, the character of West Dallas shifts from Trinity River "shoreline" in the east, through residential neighborhoods, to industrial and shipping industries in the west and southwest.

Likewise, our goal is for West Dallas' economic development to be "context sensitive," as urban planners like to say:

• Pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use developments that draw people into West Dallas within an safe and easy bike ride of the Trinity and its amenities ... where community stakeholders have said they want it.
  
  
• Neighbor-friendly retail, employment opportunities, better schools, safer streets, and an economic range of housing options to reinforce our neighborhoods ... where community stakeholders have said they want it.
  
  
• Access to transportation corridors, safer commerce areas, business-to-business services, and a skilled workforce ... where community stakeholders have said they want it.

Fortunately for West Dallas and those who have begun to see what's ahead, context sensitive development is precisely what is on the horizon.

In the next twelve months you will see:

	Urban planner Larry Beasley's and the CityDesign Studio's community-developed plan for the east end of West Dallas.
	Start of the new Sylvan Bridge over the Trinity River.
	Completion of the new Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge over the Trinity River.
	Opening of Dallas Watersports Complex.
	Opening of new 10,000-square-foot community service center from Brother Bill's Helping Hand.
	A new college-prep charter school from Uplift Education.
	Contract issued for construction of new pedestrian-friendly redesign of West Commerce-Beckley intersection.
	Opening of a new senior convalescent and medical-care campus for Dallas Housing Authority.
	Groundbreaking of Sylvan|Thirty, the new mixed-use development with health food grocer from Oaxaca Investments, LLC.
	Completion of Mercy Street's Field of Dreams youth recreational sports complex.

Get over here.